{"id":4584,"date":"2017-07-11T22:59:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T20:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2017-07-11T22:59:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T20:59:36","slug":"taboo-tom-hardys-hit-new-series-streaming-first-exclusive-on-showmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/taboo-tom-hardys-hit-new-series-streaming-first-exclusive-on-showmax\/","title":{"rendered":"Taboo &#8211; Tom Hardy&#8217;s Hit New Series &#8211; Streaming First &#038; Exclusive On Showmax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3061\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Showmax_black.jpg?resize=400%2C71\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"71\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Starring Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy; co-written by Oscar-nominee Steven Knight; directed by The Killing\u2019s Kristoffer Nyholm; and executive produced by four-time Oscar nominee Ridley Scott. You can now binge-watch Taboo, Tom Hardy\u2019s hit new series, first and exclusively on Showmax in Africa.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Taboo-Tom-Hardy-BBC-One.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Taboo-Tom-Hardy-BBC-One.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Taboo-Tom-Hardy-BBC-One.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hardy (Oscar-nominated for The Revenant but best known as Mad Max) plays James Keziah Delaney, long presumed dead when he returns home from Africa to 19th-century London to inherit what is left of his father\u2019s shipping empire.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy created the dark family mystery with his father Chips and Steven Knight \u2013 Hardy\u2019s third collaboration with the Oscar nominee following the multi-award-winning film Locke and the BAFTA and Royal Television Society-winning TV series Peaky Blinders.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Hardy, Taboo\u2019s all-star cast includes Game of Thrones\u2019 Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Jefferson Hall, and Lucian Msamati; Emmy-nominee Michael Kelly (House of Cards); BATFA-nominee Stephen Graham (This Is England \u201890); and BAFTA winners Tom Hollander (The Night Manager) and Jason Watkins (The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies).<\/p>\n<p>Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing) directed half the eight-part series, with Scott Free\u2019s four-time Oscar-nominee Ridley Scott executive producing for FX and BBC One, who have already confirmed a second season.<\/p>\n<p>Taboo is just one of a number of acclaimed series being added to Showmax in July; the Golden Globe-nominated Westworld started streaming last week and the Golden Globe and BAFTA-nominated The Night Of starts on 17 July 2017.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taboo: Trailer - BBC\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W1fiijqrKuc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starring Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy; co-written by Oscar-nominee Steven Knight; directed by The Killing\u2019s Kristoffer Nyholm; and executive produced by four-time Oscar nominee Ridley Scott. You can now binge-watch Taboo, Tom Hardy\u2019s hit new series, first and exclusively on Showmax in Africa. Hardy (Oscar-nominated for The Revenant but best known as Mad Max) plays James Keziah&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/taboo-tom-hardys-hit-new-series-streaming-first-exclusive-on-showmax\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taboo &#8211; Tom Hardy&#8217;s Hit New Series &#8211; Streaming First &#038; Exclusive On Showmax<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-4584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}